November 16, 1951
THE SALEMITE
Education
By Joanne Bell
You want to know our connotation
Of the word called education.
Most of us have never thought
Why we’re here or why we’re
taught.
Why do we go to school at all ?
Who wants to be a “billiard ball?”
We’re here, we’ll either fail or pass.
Marks says we’re only “under
glass.”
That glass is slowly getting thin
And all of us are near the end.
In this greenhouse my “botanic”
brain
Can scarcely bend; my roots are
lame.
Where are the blossoms of this
knowledge
Which we came to find at college?
We realize now we aren’t so
smart—
Our English themes are torn apart;
Our history dates are never right;
Our test papers are an awful sight!
Teachers sigh and often wonder
If we’ll always fail and blunder!
They see all our blank expressions
And know we haven’t read ,pur
lessons.
Maybe when we’re old and emaci
ated
We’ll know what it meant to “be
educated.”
Engle States
(Continued from page one)
had been lecturing since 1936, he
has not become used to being away
from his daughters and wife. In
short he was “homesick” on Mon
day and didn’t see how he could
stand to be away two more weeks.
He first began lecturing after his
return from his studies at Oxford
University 15 years ago. For the
next few years he “rode the rails
from Maine to Florida and New
York to California”.
Engle is now professor of creative
writing at the State_ University of
Iowa. “We can’t teach anyone to
write, but we can certainly speed
up and mature writing.” Ele finds
that his students improve faster
under harsh critism.
“People who want to write need
to read better,” he said. He began
writing very early and “found it
easy and pleasant even in the fifth
and sixth grades.” He began to
write poetry in junior high school
after the librarian had given him
a collection of modern poems.
“I should like to begin teaching
poetry with the contemporary
authors and work backwards,” he
said.
He demonstrated his theory when
he visited the Romantic Era class
Monday morning. After dismissing
Keats briefly, he turned to T. S.,
Elliot and Scott Fitzgerald.
“Shakespeare teaches us”, he said,
“but modern literature teaches us
to respect and understand our own
age.”
Flora MacDonald College was
the next stop on his lecture tour.
He left Salem intending to request
Dr. Vardell, former head of the
music school here and now dean
of music at Flora MacDonald, to
play “Cookie Jar”.
He had found Salem girls “alert,
pleasant, enthusiastic and interest
ing without being stuffy.”
Page Five
Weekly Speech Clinics Find
Eleanor Walking In Circles
By Eleanor McGregor
I’m dizzy! I’m walking around
the room on my toes—rRound and
round, talking to myself. I slow
down for a moment to get my bal
ance, and from somewhere in the
room a voice says, “Don’t stop—
just keep on walking and talking,
walking, talking. And *open your
mouth!” I realize the voice is Miss
Reigner’s.
Finally I recognize what must be
a chair and fall on it. Now I’m
sitting still, and the room is going
around me. As the furniture be
gins to slow down, I remember
that, besides Miss Reigner, there
are three people in the room with
me. Everybody is talking, but not
to each other.
Over to my right beside the win
dows Marilyn has her hands
NewsBriefs
Mrs. Amy Heidbreder reminds
students to sign out for Thanks
giving holidays in the dean of stu
dents’ office on Nov. 15 through
Nov. 20. The hours for signing out
are 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., week
days, and 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon,
Saturday.
Students who wish to spend the
holidays away from home must
have permission on file in the of
fice before signing out. Students
who plan to remain on campus
must sign in the Dean of Students
Office on Nov. 16.
♦ ♦ * ♦ *
The Rev. Edwin A. Sawyer, col
lege chaplain, was the guest
speaker at the Granville School
P. T. A. meeting yesterday morn
ing. His topic was Religion in the
Home.
In observation of National Edu
cation Week, Dr. Ralph Brimley
spoke in chapel yesterday. Dr.
Brimley is the county superinten
dent of schools in this area.
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Guiseppe Verdi’s “La Traviata”
will be the third production on the
present Civic Music series. The
Charles Wagner Opera Company
will present this opera based on
Dumas’ novel, Camille, on Monday,
Nov. 26 at 8:30 p.m. at Reynolds
Auditorium.
against the back of a long sofa.
She is chanting to herself, “One,
two, three, FOUR!” On “four”
she gives a terrific heave, and the
sofa sails down the side of the
room. Taking a deep breath, she
pulls it back to her and repeats
the absurd proceedure.
After observing three such
pushes, I look toward the other
side of the room where Ann leans
languidly against the wall, her head
drooping to one side. She is talk
ing, too—she says poetry to the
wall. All I can hear of what she
is saying is, “Howl, oh wind, howl,
howl, howl—.” Gad, I’m tired of
that poem!
Now I hear some unintelligible
sounds coming from in front of
me. Peggy sits in a straight-back
chair; she is trying to talk, but
she finds it difficult since her
mouth is propped open with a long
wooden match stick. If I look
carefully, I can see her tonsils far
back in her throat.
Reigner Practices, Too
In the midst of it all. Miss Reig
ner wanders about the studio prac
ticing with each of us. I’m cer
tainly glad this is a small class.
I couldn’t stand having to watch
many more such contortions. I’m
glad, too, that I know that this ij
a speech clinic and not a room
where they send those whose six
weeks’ tests have been too great
a strain. You see, there is a
special reason for each of the
things we do. Marilyn doesn’t pro
ject her voice, and pushing furni
ture helps her put force behind
what she says. Ann leans her
head against the wall to relax her
tight throat muscles. The match
stick keeps Peggy’s mouth open so
that her words come out clearly
instead of mumbled. And with
Miss feigner’s help, I discovered
that walking on my toes gives my
voice the bo’dy it usually lacks. It
all sounds ridiculous to me until
I see how well it really works.
The sounds mingle into one loud
drone. “Howl, howl, how are you ?
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Methodists
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A dinner meeting for Methodist
students will be held at Centenary
Methodist Church on Monday,
Nov. 19 at 6:00 p.m. Kitty Burrus,
president of the organization will
preside.
Following a short devotional led
by Dr. Mark Depp, pastor of Cen
tenary, a program of Winston-
Salem talent will be presented.
Those who plan to attend are asked
to sign on the poster in the din
ing hall by Friday night and to
meet in the reception room of
Clewell at 5:30 p.m. Monday.
Little Theatre Plans
Light Up The Sky”
The Little Theater of Winston-
Salem will give “Light Up the
Sky” Tuesday evening, Nov. 20, at
8:15 p.m. at Reynolds Auditorium.
A sparkling adult comedy, “Light
Up the Sky tells of a young
author, Peter Sloan, whose first
play is put on by a band of hard
ened Broadwayites.
In the role of the neophyte
author will be Ernest Troxler.
Edna Earl Moosebreger will play
the part of The Star, and the har
ried director will be Bryan Balfour.
Tickets for the play may be
bought at the door.
FOUR! ‘Howl, howl, howl.” The
bell! We stroll toward the iloor;
one by one, Ann and Peggy with
permanent cricks in their neck and
jaws. In the exodus Marilyn runs
into a chair and unconsciously
shrieks, FOUR.” One pirouette
on the tips of my toes, a wave to
the teacher, and I follow the others
out the door.
Campus Shurts
Preparing for Thanksgiving holi
days . . . six weeks’ tests ending
. . . Paul Engle, the poet compet
ing with popping radiators in Mem
orial Hall . . . smiling face of
Martha Fitchett . . . Louise Fike
saying “the Confederacy will rise
again” . . . permeating smell of
paint in Clewell . . . Carolyn Harris
still wearing her maroon coat and
red skirt . . . Mr. Campbell wear
ing his shirt half tucked in and
half out . . . Monie always knitting
for someone . . . Peggy Britt’s way
of swinging her golf clubs . . .
Natural gas being installed on cam
pus . . . lingering memories of
“The Innocents” . . . Mary Camp
bell Craig preparing her lesson for
“child lit.” at the last moment . . .
winter coats, scarfs, and mittens
. . . the leaves falling quickly . . .
Grace Wilson Troutman having
new baby . . . Grace Woodson get
ting pinned . . . Birthday party for
Nancy Arnott . . . Infirmary
crowded as a result of six weeks’
tests.
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